PyeongChang 2018: RoK makes preparation for DPRK delegation’s visit

RoK President Moon Jae-in (third from left) speaks to Kim Yo-jong (second from left ), the younger sister of the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, while watching the performance of a ​DPRK art troupe in Seoul, the RoK, in February 2018 (Photo: Yonhap)

Hanoi (VNA) – The
presidential office of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on February 22 convened a
session to discuss preparations for the upcoming visit by senior officials of
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the closing ceremony of
the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

According to the Yonhap News Agency, Chief
presidential security advisor Chung Eui-yong presided over the session of the
National Security Council (NSC), hours after the DPRK said it would a
high-level delegation to attend the closing ceremony on February 25.

The NSC session was attended by Foreign
Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Defence Minister Song Young-moo, National Intelligence
Service chief Suh Hoon and top presidential security aides.

The eight-member delegation, led by
Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of
Korea (WPK) and director of the United Front Department of the WPK Central
Committee, will arrive in the RoK on February 25 for a three-day visit,
according to the RoK's Unification Ministry.

RoK President Moon Jae-in is expected
to meet with the delegation.-VNA